St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 August 1897 — Page 6

€ljc 3nbcpcnbciit. AV. A. ENDDEI', ■Vuiaisa-.cr. WALKERTOW, - • ■ INDIANA. INNOCENTS KILLED. THREE CHILDREN SLAUGHTERED BY A BOMB AT BUTTE. Result of n Fiendish Attempt to Blow Up a Residence-Big Tannery Re* sumes Work —Ticklish Condition of Affairs Exists at Honolulu. Three Children Die. What was evidently n fiendish attempt to blow up the house of John O’Meara, superintendent of the Moonlight mine, near Butte, Mont., resulted in the death of three chi’dren. M hat appeared to be a Komai candle was found near O'Meara’s residence by Mamie Benson and two other lit th girls. While playing with it one of ti e ch'ldren struck it with a piece of iron, it exploded, ami the O'Meara chile vas literally peppered with fragments of brass, lead and glass. The other two children were terribly cut. A hole torn in the ground showed that the r *Syl^;iit charged with dynamite. SevJBLtenipts have been made on O'Meara’s life heretofore. Clash nt Hnw.iii Not IJnlfkd.v. The Ntcj'ini i Miowera, from Honolulu, brings the following Hawaiian advices: Honolulu harbor is dotted with British, Japanese, and United States war vessels, and more British and Japanese vessels are expected daily. In semi-otlieiul quarters everything is reported quiet, but the impression among citizens is that the condition of affairs is very threatening ami a popular outbreak may occur at any time, when international interference from ships in the harbor would occasion complications. The stream of Asiatic la borers is still pouring in. each shipload causing a fresh outbreak of feeling among the different factions on the islands. An immediate cause of alarm is the fact that the United States bluejackets arc hitter ly hostile to the Hawaiian police, who exercise almost military rule. British and Japanese sailors are not molested, but American bluejackets ate constantly arrested as desotters without cause and annoyed in every conceivable way. The object of the authorities in this per*e cution cannot at present be fathonie L The bluejackets are writing numerous let ters to the press, protesting against their treatment. Heavy rewards uro offered to the police for arresting United Stat- s naval deserters, which has caused whole sale arrests of men of the American fleet. News of the annexation of several of the - Solomon islands by Great Britain has been received with excitement and again started a report that advices have b« on . received from England that the United I States will not be allowed to annex Ha waii. as Great Britain wants the islands herself. Tanners Go to Work. The labor strike at the great tannery of ! W. W. M.oney A Sops of <htmbu = Im! . 1b at an < nd. At a me- t lug • H tU. st rtl,■ Saturday last, tm .1 organization abandoned and the members released from their pledges not to return to w rk. More than half of those who went out i* turned T uesday morning, ami at least half of the remainder have applied for rein | statement. The works are now running | with tt full force. The reduction and re adjustment of wages by the Mooneys w ns made in older to put tliemselvcs in line | with their prit cipal competitors, who art located m Michigan, M'iseon* n. Nexx York am! Pennsylvania, and was made necessary by the sharp competition of j these places. The result is accepted with general satisfpi turn, as the tannery has । always bwn one of the largest ami bes' ' employers of labor in the city. Athletes of the Dinmon 1. Following is the standing of tho clubs of the National Basebull League: W. L. W. I, Boston 5S 2*'> Pittsburg ...,5s 44 Baltimore .. .53 27 Chicago 40 17 Cincinnati ..52 2S Louisville ...38 50 New Y0rk...49 31 Brooklyn ....34 |s ■ Cleveland ...45 27 Washington. 31 51 | Philadelphia 41 45 St. L0ui5....21 GG - The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 57 27 Detroit 45 4G <'ohnnbiis .. .55 30 Minneapolis. 30 G1 Milwaukee ..59 33 G’nd Rapids.2^ 5S St Paul 55 GG Kansas City. 26 G-I Hundreds Are Dead. Advi<'?s received at Tacom i. Mash.. i say the great tclcano Mayon, on the j Philippine Islands. is again active. Eruptions commenced June 2G. By July 1 five ■ hundred nativt s were dead. Later advices via Hong Kong said the dead would number thousands, and that three cities and fifteen villages had been destroyed, together with last areas of fertile plantations. BREVITIES,

Assistant Secretary Howell has rendered a decision in which he holds that calfskins should be classed as “hides of cattle,” and there fore are dutiable under the new tai iff bill at 15 per cent ad valorem. Carl Cionboiln. who has been employed in heaving coal and washing dishes in Boston, lias lain notified of the death of

his elder brother. Count Henrik Julius | Cronheibi of Sweden, by which he thus comes into a title, four large properties and an im omc of SSiMH>O a year. Emma Goldman lias succeeded in inducing the Central Labor Union <»f New York to indorse a petition for the jntrdon of Alexander Berkman, sentenced to twenty-two years’ imprisonment for shooting 11. < . Erick, manager of the Carnegie Steel Works, in the Homestead strike. A sextuplex telegraph wire was successfully O-U'-rated at Boston Monday night in the presence of representatives of New York and Boston newspapers. The circuit was to New Haven and return, a distance of .300 miles. Three message were sent over the wire simultaneously, and were easily and accurately received on the receiving sidt s. Fort Chakdara, in the Chitra] district, India, which was besieged by a large force of insurgent natives, lias been relieved by a British force. The fighting was severe and the tribesmen lost heavily. The loss of the British was light.

EASTERN. Waterbury, Conn., is again deluged. : the storm of M’ednesday night having swollen the Naugatuck river to an almost unprecedented height and caused the Manhan canal to overflow. The river has overflowed its banks all along the line. The Manhan canal became a torrent, and its waters escaping have carried nwtiy about fifty feet of the track of the Naugatuck division of the Now York, New Haven am] Hartford Railroad, completely blocking tiaflie. Around Saratoga, N. Y„ great damage has been done to the crops. In many places the lowlands are inundated and crops entirely ruined. All lakes and streams in northern New York are swollen tc an unprecedented height for ■ this season of the year. American citizens to the number of some 275 passengers on the White Star line Majestic, which arrived at New York Thursday m< rnpig, got an object lesson in tariff legislation. Under the new law a duty is placed on personal wearing apparel and < fleets .purchased on the other side exceeding slofi in value. A corps of eighty-one men from the custom house and appraiser's office met the ship, examined the baggage of the passengers and collected more than $3,000 duty on excess personal baggage. Foreigners aboard the ship xx ere exempted from the provisions of the hixv. If Congressman Dinglcy could have heard what they said about him. his ears would have tingled, for he - would have heard nothing pleasant. There was more genuine sw earing heard on the i pier than ever before in the history <>f the port. The X ‘-w York Herald's coricspiHident in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, teh cinphs licit :;u theutic information Ims reached that city to the effect that mote than 3,000 soldiers haxe Leon killed in a bir battle m-ar the site o| < num!-.. The families, number lug WJMHI men, all well armed, attacked the Government troops. Whole brigniL-* of the -MdiiTs were swept dow n and t rumpled under foot. The full extent of the loss of l.fe cannot be told. There is no reasonable doubt, however, that the I"” in killed on b -th sides ts usoi- tb s : 3.c00. Whim the report of the 1 :tie leai lo I Ki" Janeiro it was eonsideted by th'- ptes-dont and ministry, and t xxa* din -nd to send I the minister of war to the - - o- .ith j 4.tXM> men. They will curry with llniti a great st >te of ammumtion rud "dl i-n | deavor to dislodge the famiio from the j p< -itions tl • i m>w hold. l ighting L - • i>een in progress nt Cantidos for sexctnl i weeks. In the meantime, xxhile lip fto -t | ics fought apparently with little |. s- th- i have been guiberin : then furies from mH I directions. The result was toe tinal al I tack on the < lot < rnnieat tt ->op», v. h L led to such aWful r< suits The battlcKhip Mattie wa« mixe.’ up in a gem-rii <,.llist<.; m East rix- -. -it X Y< t a Thursday, a • ■tti t u ' it was discox.-red that, while the M.:im I had escaped uns. ithed, om- hcaxily 1> 1< I car float bad pin 1l- the botn.c., t tb< : । river, another xx < nt dowi abniKsi-b a pu r. I I ami (lie ph i itself shout'd what awn ’ quickest of Ipliek a. 1,-m on tie put .-ft I command' ■ o- tl.e M nm- ' .x i d excursi. hi beat Hom ,| - i-c* ;. Th ■। th j eer displaye - in- be -- nhe t tl.. L xC- ! ship sudd.ul. was confronted with the dmu- e t el.avmg 1., i wax thto-a.h the finil pL-as iii ।ta 11 1 nls ; goat Xl.-I- ht I . oust th- I P i ■ I . haps to W io. kh o •- ■ I • - ’ ■ ' ’<•l *" t 11! 11 • ■ :• • • ■ .' • • * i moment kitci the smisti । . ..i,» < ; ; the bat t l ' ' hip to the . u • om-■ sth.. <t j Tiling as ;l hxcl.d rifh was swerimi: sharply in shore. Then , ime tie »plm I tered sit M k of imptt-t its th. , I split j of tile battleship ernshed I : oiuth the j Ftout limlx-rs of tb.e pier. The pi. i was : - wm ke I. but the IsaL. I Uti l het p. -p Wet. s.:Xid. The sub treasury efti. .uU at New Y..rk ; have liot i< < d 11 • :.t ly th. pi vs. a i number of finely cxci ttied silver o rtif; ; I cates of the I.ew : '.,e. w Lteh I. . - :. . , j cleverly raised Bom the demm:innt ■ .. of ; Is 2to $5. IWo of lb'lulls f 'U:'d til. IT J | way to the sub-treasury fio;n banks, ami i | they havi' lis u pre< eded by num r t- oth । ers. all tq parently the work ot the s .m. ! artist. The new y 2 cei 1 ith nh-s have on ! their face an allegori. :il group of women ■ j and th.- <!. signaling imm. raK and .m tl - j obverse vignette portraits of Morse and Fulton. 'I be next S 5 also has ;1 group of । women on the obverse with the numerals. ! and on«tLe rcvirse xignette portiaits of j i ■ Grant md Shetmnn. In inising th. bills ' the pci sop wh • dm - the w. rk maki - m. < i attempt to । hatize tin g: ip- • • th.. , j vignettes. All that i> done is to erase j the figures and wm.ls "two" ami - a'.-:. । tute tlieiefor the w*.ids and tigur. > "fix.-." | i iar with the appearance of tin* money he i carries. :.nd the bills pass readily, or at i I least the sub 11 easurx- otlicinls beMeve i they do in view of the frequeney with [ which they are encounter' I. Upon prej mentation, the bills are r< d< , im i at S 2 i ea<h. The secret service tm-u ate work I ing to detect the artistic counterfeiter. WESTERN. James Gerah. ti well-known sporting num from the Pacific coast, xxus shot ami killed by M illis 1 »ay in a row over a game of cards at Chickasaw, I. T. The Chicago express on the (Tevvland. Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis KaliI way was w. . Led at Th..inlown, Ind., | about J . ’.*» <»< ’< »<k I'rMt.iy iiHumnjx. l\>ur I ! were kille.l outright anti several slightly

injured. A freight train was stalled in Ijewis' tunnel Thursday night on the Chesapeake and Ohio, and the crew was overcome bv foul gas. Conductor Ed Bray is dead. Samuel Hamilton, Ed Womack and 'Lorn i Kenwood are in a precarious condition. | Miss Glace Allen, the Kansas schoolj teacher, on trial at Chandler. (». T., was acquitted of the charge of poisoning Miss Phroniu Fakes, her rival, and the hitter’s mother. In the arguments it was asserted that tin' women were poisoned with ague medicine, -which the family were known to have used. The verdict receives the commendation of the public. A free-for-all fight, in which two negroes and one Indian wore killed, occurred at a picnic on Horse Crock in the Cherokee Nation. The trouble occurred at a monster political gathering of the followers of the national ami Downing parties. The regular off-year political canvass is now on in the Cherokee country. Political matters have reached a white heat and much more •trouble is looked for. Six hundred millions of dollars every dollar of it. the savings of the thrifty wage workers of the United States—were - represented in the Council chamber of the Detroit, Mich., city hall Wednesday morning when the fifth annual convention of the United States League of Local Buildtug and Loan Associations was call

| ed to order by the national president, Mi- | chael J. Brown of Philadelphia. It was ' the largest convention in the history of the league. Every commonwealth lin'd its State delegation, while in addition a large number of cities of the first and second class were specially represented. A cyclone of terrific force swept past San Jose, HL, Thursday night. Those known now to have been killed are as follows; Mrs. Samuel Brownlee and three children; Miss Jessie Groves, visiting Mrs. Brownlee; A. C. Mcl>owell and his grandson. The following people were seriously injuixvl; Charles McDowell, Mary M ( - Duxvell, Mrs. A. C. M.-Dowell. San Jose escajM'd damage only because the storm rose north of the town and passed above it. Half an hour later a messenger galloped into town and reported terrible destruction on the farm of A. C. MeDewell and summoned assistance of surgeons. The McDowell homestead was utterly demolished, the house being blown from its foundation and torn to fragments. Tho barn had shared the same fate. The cyclone also struck the farm of John Mellow ell and destroyed his Imrn and line walnut grove. T’hc house esc aped. The sheriff of Woodford County, BL, telegraphed to Gov. John R. Tunner asking for State troops, ns it was stated that strikers in large numbers were imircbiug to Roanoke to coiiqH'l the miners to quit work. The Governor refused the request, us no trouble had occurred, but asked tto be notified in case of disturbance, night was one such as Roanoke orUHB ford county never witnessed t-efore.Jß night long Sheriff C. A. Rols-son miwy’ j piissc of seventy-five armed depitt»*^l fi trolled the town and kept guard a y o,,n d the compmiy'H (iroperty. Ali<»ut<s <> clock in the morning the lights from the marching men were seen up the Santa Fe tracks north of Roanoke and about a mile away the men stepped to Investigate as to xx hat kind of a reeeptuni tin y woubl re ceive. The party was made up of 4<H) or ram m m from the mines nt Minonk, Hutland, M'. tuHm. Streator and ‘l'olm-a. The threats me.de by th«‘e men were that serious di.mnge might result if they visited the place mid much uneasiness was felt in <vi ry <pnirter. Just after daylight the visitors sent a e> tnmittec to cw suit with tin- officer* of the company. It timh i sti.od that they inTonnml them that they woubl remain there until their demnmls were <snnp!s*i w ith. The compahy then dceidiil to suspend operation*, fix tug in <ou pletely to the demands of the min.-;. f», th., nr .ghls.nng toxx n« Their point gamed, the men left Roanoke quirt ly. the sheriff has nd.-.i^d hi* d'-putiea SOUTHERN. •Il in N... 2'.: th- Ixrm.villo, Ihan* vok and St. I -u« Railway was was ked Bt til I . •.t ■ bat ng n A d> tl ' L< t> Dy m -I ' f the I al mine* I 'M • -■ • -. .- th. prop . rtv of mi EngHeh m.d B- «ti>n stmirate Jul. l i mo'll. ,i p! n gr-iph.ami M-« Kill. I u Wdlmm*.-u wvtv mmrwM at Mat G.iheX hi. white RmmeH thought he <-«.uld vet work. He fail.-d to find it and both died 1 OKEIGN. 4 Mrs. M : x M Hunt, xx t hi‘* tad tm tiumtl suix rintrmh ut of th. department M an * Chrndhui T-mp.cimv Union. Red fn.m Bi st hi for Bros- Bel gmtn. a. fiuti rnal d<h„.it. fr.-m the W C. I'. U. io i!i. .mi ui h-1 .. -r< -s to be held in tl it city. Tin U .ypl.mi hit. .. e d- ;• rtmeut Iti- ;• cixed W'-rd heavy tr:b I tightthe Jmi n- The d. rx Mi. defeated the M ... h .m .1- ly 1. The I - .-s on both A- H. hI- •. B . .Sp. n, - -.ys throe, -b ■ t lo'.iui with devastating effect am..nt the vineyards. Out of 13ti,t«m he. Itt. -of x Ho- 'at. '- ' areclv f.ve tiiousa ul hate . - aped. In t c districts of Tarragona and Gonum at least xo.tsm hectare- <>f vine land have iu-en seriously Ihe fan -u - pe 11 m since, formerly the property ot the Duke of Manchester, which was xvitbdrawn from an auction stile in London recently be mne the bids did not reach the upset figure, is to be taken to the I nited States, in the belief that a pur. has. r may be found for it. It is composed of seven rows, or a total of 3Gti. splendidly graduated oriental pearls. < miei J in: • .rmat hi le. eived nt M ashiugton by telegraph from Tokio by the .l:ipanc<e leg .lion in M a.-hington say s the Japanese Government had consented to mbitrate the existing differences between itself an I the Government of Hawaii on the terms tuid condition# s[>ecitied in a communication now on its way from Japan to Mr. Shimamura, its minister at Honolulu. ’l'he national executive committeo of the British Woman’s 'reiniH-riinco A--o I .iation. << am .risi n a huiolred represcllfittixe women from all parts of Great Britain, have by their votes requested Eady Henry Somerset to remain at the head of the association, three-fourths of the committee tai iug this action. It is believed that l. idy H< nry Somerset will comply with this request, The Belgian chamber of deputies has passed a Lill compelling all foreigners who have had a year's residence to enroll themselves in the civic guard. The measure is the result of the very great increase of late in the foreign colonies at Antwerp mid in Biussels. It is expected that the Semite w ill kill the bill, but M. Sehollart. the minister of the interior and public instruction, threatens to resign his portfolio unless the measure is passed Into law. London dispatch: Two prosjiectors sent out on behalf of a Glasgow company have cabled home that British Columbia will he the principal gold field of the world. They say that not a single mine in that territory has been abandoned. Some of them are earning dividends before the actual mining has commenced, and working costs are declining. There is work in that locality for G,IMM) in.im‘rs. “It is probable, however." adds the < Hasgow correspondent, “that no important exodus of •English gold seekers will take place until spring.” While the majority of people laugh at the idea of Japan going to war with the I nited States over the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, there L no denying the

fact that the mikado and his ministers are making inquiries and seeking information concerning the country which they have never heretofore apparently considered of value. On the last, steamer direct from Japan there came a message to a well-known Japanese in Los Angeles, Cal., in the shape of a circular of interrogations as to the number of Japanese in that county and how many were American citizens. Much other information was asked, concerning their occupation, proximity to lines of transportation, cost of tare to nearest port, etc. It is said similar chculars have been sent to every part of this country. IN GENERAL A brief message has been received at San Francisco, announcing the loss of the whaler Cape Horn Pigeon in the Japan Sea during a furious storm. Captain Scullam and tbe crew of eighteen were saved. A dispatch to the State Department from the I niUM States consul at Mozambique z.'ivs the French mail steamer Alphee, which cleared from Beira May 31 for Mozambique, has not bism heard from and it is feared she has foundered at sea. It is probable she had mails from the United States on board. Forty steamers were chartered Thursday to load cargoes of grain at Philadelphia, New York, Baltim .re and Newport News for pons in the United Kingdom and Europe, milking a day’s record whh'h t ii iw fiahnt'U. han never been r F<» Oil them* will re<|u»re over 4,<MJ’U>UO bushels of grain. During the last two weeks fixtures for steam tonnage to carry - .er 2<tJMMI,O(M) bushels of cereals abroad have been effected. Chicago packers tire preparing to ask the Secretary of Agriculture for an emergency relief from a situation which the packers claim is injuring their business, especially the ex|M»rt trade, where Government inspection is requir-l. At present Dr. Iu Voe, chief itisp . tor in <hnrge of the Gov»-i i.ment force, has eighty in s[h'< tor* nt work, but some of the big pni king !i'h.s,- m thi s number is insuffi cieut. Li tin- I utet national P icking Company'* and Nelson Morris' concerns there is complaint, and S« , ndary H. I’.'-arse of th' f->;: er । .-mpany says ’hat many (i nfract* had t> b refuse l ami Other* .-ai.eehsl simply because they en’led for Govc tnmcnt in-pe, tmii and the ixiti<s rn* W'-re unable to furnish nu it w ith the stamp es m-jw. lion, although they had plenty of material of the required M .re trouble is Bared in tbe Kl-udyke r< giou. judging from the telegram re i.rive l nt the I n usury Department nakI ing that a revcmic < titter shall be ordered I to twnvay a v. ss. I ~f the Alaska Tran* portnHnn Company from St. Michaels down the Yukon River mid through It. n g Sea. It h - been intimated that I Mstan.e will not be d;»t'. ird<*l by the I iTmunry D< pnrtm.nt, iwrticuhrly ®s it ’ I ;« 'itid. i-t -I that upward of ^2.’»myim j Worth es g. id dust will b. .lb ard the first llm ill Io ihpriiv th«* h. *hl of the I frmt* of th< «r Libor*, mo 4 the Treasury | V: I f irtM * ’ - r ’ ' * r vV cry mmm. IL G. Dun A C - \ M e. kly ID view of m s». . ltl | !: in .., , 1U t , . . , tII sph-mhd I ctij< pr- iI ,• t.i*k 1 u ljiihttug the : nd hbhistiK * *»C the < aintry tv Even the im r. as gth '' f 'striking ten of tlx cmformHy plan, wlm h pr :m I I*. * to t- L.oXe 1:.. -t of the eaUs.-s of such The mist impo‘rtai't . vent since die paserally antic ipated a week ago. has been the marked imr<-:.-e in foreign demand ami advtu.ee in price for wheat. M ith । Top news h tdl faxoral'k- producers m iy probably n-t-.lize som.-thing like Ss,i.n.-, (KM) more tl an List y. nr oti xxhc.it. Corn and cotton also adxnneed, though reports as to yield are good." MARKET REPORTS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, S3.UO to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.5.1; wheat, No. 2 red. 7Gc to 7Sc; corn. No. 2, 27e to 2Sc; < N IGe to ISc; rye, No. 2. 4i»c t . 42c: butt'r. choice creamery, 14e to L'>.-: '-■ -. fres.i. 9c to 10c; new ! I: toes. 70c ■ • .'•-0c pcibushel. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $3.00; lews, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; ^dev-ep. common to choice, $3.00 to So.in; ■’Wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; oats. No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louis —Cattle. $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep. $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No, 2. 79c to Sic; corn. No. 2 yellow, 25c to 27c: oats. No. 2 white, 18e to 20c; rye. No. 2. 39e to 40c. Cincinnati—Cuttle, $2.50 to $5.00: hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2,75 cto 76c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 30c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2,35 cto 37c. Detroit-C attle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $1.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00: xvlieat, No. 2. 76c to 78c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 29e: oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye. -Hi- to -13 c. Toledo- M’heat, No. 2 red. 77c to 78c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to ]!»c; rye. No. 2,41 cto 42c; clover s-.s-d, $4.40 to $4.45. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 spring, 80c to 81e; corn, No. 3, 26e to 28c; oats. No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 1. die to 43c; barley, No. 2,30 cto 35e; pork, mess, $7.25 lo SB.OO. Buffalo—Cuttle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, s•’>.oo to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 78c to 79c; corn, No. 2 yelliew, 30c to 32c; outs, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. ' N’cvv York-Cattlc. $3,.00 to $5.50; hogs. $3.50 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 83c to 84c; corn. No. 2, 32c to 34c; oats. No. 2 white. 21c to 23c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, ~ Western, 12c to 13c.

STORM KILLS SEVEN. ILLINOIS CYCLONE DOES TER. RIBLE HAVOC. Home of A. C. McDowell Is Destroyed and the Inmates Crushed — Bodies, Torn and Mangled, Are Scattered Far and Wide by tbe Wind. Destruction Near San Jose. A cyclone of terrific energy swept across tlw region mound San Jose, HL, at 7 o'clock Friday evening and left destruction and death in its wake. At midnight seven (tenths xvere report7sl and three persons were severely injured. It ts probable that there were otlier casualties in outlying districts. After a day of terrible heat, the clouds begun to pile up in fantastic forms at about 5 o’clock and the air grew thick and oppressive. The heavy clouds in the north especially grew dark and darker. Every one instinctively feared the coining of a cyclone. Abi nt 7 o'clock darkness fell suddenly upon the earth, broken here and there by vivid lightning. Soon, with a rush and a roar, came a tornado from the north, carry ing with it boiling tuid tossing clouds. Every one ran for a place of safety, many seeking refuge in cellars. S:in .Iwhc vstnpvd only bemuse th«’ KtiHin r<*«e north of the town and passed above it. Half mi hour after the passage of the storm a messenger came galloping into the town on a foaming horse. He reported that terrible destruction had been wrought on the fmm of A. McDowell, two mid one-quarter miles north, and summoned the assist.'iiw vof surgeons. A terrible scene was that at the home <>f the M. Dowells. The cyclone had struck the farm at its northern line and swept aen ss it. cutting a pathway of destruction. Ihe McDowell homestead was utterly demolished, the house being blown tnun its foundation and torn to framnetits. its timbers and furniture scattered to tho four winds. The barn had shar'd the suite fate, and ijs contents LL'w n "tt: of s::.ht. I lie seven occupants of the lemse were killed, and their mang ' d ami Ghii bo'iies xx ere scattered about the r ’.med homestead. Three injured were ta .en from the ruins. Crop* ncMtrovetl by Hail. A destructive hailstorm passed near S hix 1 Mi-. S. D.. early Friday morning. The storm start'd three miles west of D' H Rapids, ami went in a southwesterly • lire tion, destroying absolutely every- . z in iis [ j'!i ar'mmi Garretson. < >ne b meh f the storm passe| over Shern ai.io-in ; Luverne. Minn. Hero it w iit in txxo ths, one north ami the oiher south, across Rock and Nobles ((imis. ii , th i f this branch of the storm w s over ten miles wide, it is estimated । that fully 1.'»””,IMJO ami of crops were WITH A BULLET IN HIS HE-ART. | A Chicago Man Dels F n ir to Live to a Good Obi Aue, Th' • • lit al n . n of Uhienno arc amazed Ly > . ■ . o; aim. -t unpr. ei dented vitality i:i that city, t.'l arh s B. Nelson was shot ii. \V billion Park recently. The ball I lodged in — me part of hi* unatotny, the medi> ui n.en could not say just where, were ti -de with the -.J' : tl.e r< -nits have I ! fM. n wlrnh shows the bullet imbedded that the doctors beHwe^haf Im ha/'every “ 'M M . 'j v ci-** ■ < Z -' % * , ' ■ ' ■ ’ BI LLET IX M I -ox’s HEART. reason to live to be an old man with a leaden souvenir imb-c lcd in his breast that will go with him to his grave. The bullet pem tinted his body to a depth of txvo and a half inches from tho surface. Thon it penetrated the pericardium, or sack which surrounds the heart, and lodged betxveen the center and left curve of

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Sir Edwin Arnold, besides being a poet, is a sportsman, yachtsman, traveler and cyclist. The Duchess of Teck spends annually $5,000 in philanthropic work—one-lifth the amount granted her by Parliament. Prince Albert of Belgium will shortly set forth on a tour of the world. He will Hdlow the route adopted by the present czar. Mrs. Cliatles Stewart Parnell, widow of the Irish leader, is about to take up her residence at Trematon castle, near Plymouth. Ellon Torry sells her autographs for 25 eents'each, and with the tm ney so obtained will endow a child's bed in an English hospital. Miss Mary Rachel Dobson, eldest daughter of Austin Jobson and a graduate* of London University, has joined a missionary settlement of college women in Bombay. Tlie Horticultural Society of Shropshire, England, has taken upon itself the expense of electing a statue to Darwin at his birthplace, Shrewsbury. It will cost $(5,000. Queen Adelaide, widow of Doni Miguel, King of Portugal, lias taken two vows at the Convent of the Benedictines, at So lemes, France. She is (10 years old and is the mother of seven children.

REND QUITS IN DISGUST. The Big Chicago Coal Operator Bolts the Fittsbnrg Conference. Thore were several exciting scenes at the meeting in Pittsburg of coal operators, called to take some action looking toward a settlement of the strike. Col. W. P. Rend, the Chicago operator, left the meeting in disgust because the operators present refused to try to settle the strike in- , stead of losing time talking about “uniformity.” Col. Rend criticised Gen. John Little, chairman of the joint arbitration board, who, he said, instead of being an arbitrator, was an advocator. Other operators attacked Gen. Little for intimating that some of the mine owners are dishonest. 'The scene was dramatic when Col. Rend exclaimed: “Then God speed you in the work,” and left the meeting. He returned to his hotel, where he was waited upon by the arbitrators, who urged him to reconsider his determination not to have anything more to do with the’meeting. Another session would be held to-morrow and they needed his assistance. He told them no good could result from the meeting unless steps were taken to settle the strike. M' P. De Armit and other operators donot want this. Tlx? chairman of the meeting xvns Alexander Dempster and the secretary T'homas E. Young. About 65 per cent of tlie railroad operators and some of tbe river mine owners were present. The river operators met in ihe mornW. PIPER UK armitt. Ing and decided to have nothing to do with’ the meeting or uniformity. M'. P. De \rmit after the meeting admitted that if the river operators did not agree to the uniformity movement it z couid not go through. He admitted that not over 95 per cent of tbe railroad operators were present and many of those who attended did so out of curiosity. After the meeting had been called to order a committee of nine was appointed to draft the uniformity agreement. Col. Rend and M. P. De Armit were members of the committee. The committee reported late in the afternoon. One clause in the agreement related to special contracts, and many of the operators thought this was for Mr. De Armit’s special benefits After tho report had been read Col. Rend offered a minority report, which dealt with the strike generally and was not e nfined to uniformity. Col. Rend wanted a committee appointed to confer with the miners to call a joint convention for the purpose of compromising the strike. Tbe chairman said that as the meeting had been called to discuss uniformity, all portions of Col. Rend's minor’ty report which dealt with the strike would have to be eliminated before the report c< uld bo received. Cel. Rend said be had been invited to '■•me to Pittsburg to discuss the settlement of the strike, and characterized ail the talk about uniformity as humbug. He pocketed his report, and, saying he would have nothing more to do with the gathering, walked out. After < • L Rend bad retired the meeting began discussing the report, and only got as far as the preambles when an adjournment was taken until the following morning. GOOD WEEK FOR CROPS. Scattering Complaints of Excessive Rain and Drought. The following crop bulletin is based on rcpints of the directors of the several climate and crop sections: The w eek has been very favorable to agricultural interests on the Pacific coast, end generally in the States of the central valleys, east gulf and south and middle Atlantic coasts. In New- England, New York, the Red River of the North valley, and over portions of the Ohio valley there has been too much rain, while drought prevails over a great portion of Texas and in portions of Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas. In the last named State hot winds have proved injurious. Excessive rains have caused damage tu grain in shock in portions of tbe Ohio valley. Tennessee ami portions of the middle Atlantic States and severe and damaging I'cal storms also occurred in portions of New England, New' Y ork and New Jersey. Corn has continued to make rapid growth in the States of the central valleys, lake region. Nexx- England and middle Atlantic coast. In lowa the early crop has rem lied the earing stage and there is ample moisture for present needs.

In Nebraska it continues late, but is generally in excellent condition. In central and southern Kansas corn has been seriously injured by hot winds and is also causing serious injury to late corn in Texas and portions of Louisiana. . Cotton has generally made favorable I progress and is fruiting well. 'The week has not been favorable for completing winter wheat harvest where । anfinished in some of the more northerly sections. Spring wheat has been injured by excessive rains in North Dakota, but hi Minnesota, except on low lands, and tn South Dakota, the outlook is promising. News of Minor Note. A windstorm blew down the Episcopal church at Hinton, M . A a. Jim Grey, a negro, was lynched near Goldville, S. C., for assaulting a child. At Wilkesburre, Pa., lightning struck a powder magazine, exploding twenty tons of powder and killing John Higgins. Dr. Donald Mac-Lean, dean of the California Medical College, was shot and seriously vounded by Patrick Walsh, a janitor, who subsequently committed suicide. At Nashville, Tenn., the senate of the National Union completed its labors. Reports of standing and special committees were adopted, and all of the officers were unanimously re-elected. The coroner's jury at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., investigating the flood caused by the bursting of the Melaingah dams hold the Mattewnn and Fishkill Water Company tesnonsible for the disaster.